Harness-hook.



N0. 855,464. fATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

O. A. LEONARD.

HARNESS HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED nov.12.19oe.

zontall'y projecting lug 8, forme UNITED STATES CHARLES A. LEONARD, OF EVE, MISSOURI.

HARNESS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed November 12, 1906. Serial No. 342,984.

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LEONARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eve, in the county of Vernon and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawmg.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks for suspending harness and other articles or objects and it consists in the 'novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to rovide a simple-and practical hook of this 0 aracter, which, when not in use, may be swung against the wall or other support on which it is mounted and thus be out of the way.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved foldable harness hook; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same; Fig. 3 'is a detail horizontal section taken on the plane indicated by the line 33 in Fig; 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the upper end of the hook, showing 'its spring engaging block removed. r g

In the practice of the invention, I preferably make the hook 1 of a piece of metal rod by bending the latter upon itself to provide upper and lower arms 2, 3, which have downwardly bent ends 4, 5, disposed in longitudinal alinement with each other so that they may be concentrically pivoted in a bracket or su port 6. The'latter is in the form of a metal plate, preferably of rectangular form and flat so that it may be secured upon a wall orother support by screws or similar fastenings passed through apertures 7 formed in it, as clearly shown 'in Fig. 1. Adjacent to the lower end of the plate 6 is provided upon its front a latcrall or horiwith an a erture to receive the end 5 of the hook and tl ius provide a pivot bearing for the same. At the upper end of the plate 6 is provided a similar, but larger lug -or projection 9 WhlGhiS also apertured as at 10 to receive the upper end 4 of the hook and to provide a pivotal bearing for it. This end 4 of the hook has a cylindrical portion 11- which projects from and is adapted to rotate in the bearing opening 10', and it is also formed with a reduced portion 12 of square or other polygonal form in cross section; Upon the squared end 12 is removably secured by means of a set screw or the like 13, a block 14 preferably of rectangular form, as shown. The block 14 is adapted to bear against a flat orleaf spring 15 which has one of its ends secured by a screw 16 to a support 17 and its free end 18 engaged with a similar support 19. These supports 17, 19 are preferably in the form of blocks which space the spring from the bracket plate 6 and hold it in engagement with the block 14. They may be formed integral with the late 6 or, separate, as shown, and secured t ereto by rivets or similar fastenings 20, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The outer faces of said supporting blocks 17, 19 are recessed, as shown at 21 to receive the ends of the spring and prevent the same from shifting from its transverse position.

The construction, operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

swung outwardly at right-angles to the plate 6,'as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the flat rear face of the block 14 will be-engaged by the spring 15 so that said hook will be retained in such position, and that when the hook is swung to either side into a position parallel with the plate 6, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, one of the flat sides of the block 14 will be moved into engagement with the s ring, and the hook will thus be retained in its olded position. By mounting the hook in this manor other sup ort on which it is mounted, it may be quic ly and easily thrown out of the way when its use is not desired.

It will be observed that the block 14 serves two purposes, namely that of retaining the end or pintle 11 in the bearing lug 9 and thus preventing the hook from being casually disner so that it may be swung against the wall- It will be understood that when the hook 1 is Y.

placed from the attaching plate, and that of providing comparatively large flat surfaces,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the character described comprising an attaching plate havingapertured bearing lugs, a hook having longitudinally alined downwardly projecting ends'or intles for engagement with said bearing ugs, one of said pintles projecting through and extending beneath its bearing lug,'a flat spring mounted upon said plate, and ablock removably secured upon said projecting end of the pintle for retaining the latter in-its bearing lug, said block having flat faces to engage said spring whereby the hook is heldeither in its folded or angular position, substantially as described.

2. A- devicepf the character described comprising an attaching plate having upper and lower vertically alined apertured bearing lugs, a hook made from a single piece of wire or pintles adapted to engage the apertures in said bearing lugs, one of the ends or pintles of said hook projecting entirely through its bearing lug and having a flat face, a block mounted upon said removably secured upon the flat face of said projecting end of the pintle for retaining the latter-in its bearing lug, said block being formed with flat faces, and a flat spring late and ada ted to bear against the fiat aces of said b ock for holding the hook in either its folded or angular position, substantially as described.

3. A device of the'character describedcomprising an attaching plate having apertured bearing lugs, a hook having upper and lower ends in longitudinal alinement to engage the apertures in said bearing lugs, one end of said hook havin a polygonal shaped portion, a block having at sides and an opening to receive said polygonal-shaped portion of the hook, a set screw for retaining said block uponthe hook, recessed supports upon said plate, and a fiat spring mounted in said recessed supports and adapted to engage the flat faces of said block, substantially as shown and'for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. LEONARD. WVitnesses E. J. CHAPIN, (J. W. MITCHELL. 

